Document Management Application Lead

Company: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Location: Houston
Posted on: March 19, 2023

Job Description:

Job Description and Qualifications At Air Products, our purpose is to bring people together to reimagine what's possible, collaborate and innovate solutions to the world's most significant energy and environmental sustainability challenges. Grow with us as we embark on building tomorrow together by being the safest, most diverse and most profitable industrial gas company in the world.

Reimagine What's Possible

Nature and Scope
The Document Management Application Lead will coordinate between the business users and the Digital Technology (DT) organization. This governance role will be responsible for handling business demand for improving and extending the capabilities of Air Products' standard document management applications. This role will handle a growing list of EDMS enhancements, work with DT to rationalize business requirements, and set priorities based on critical business needs.

The Document Management Application Lead will be staffed as a full-time member of the Lifecycle Automation Team. This role requires a resourceful person with 10+ years' experience leading and using document management systems for large engineering or manufacturing businesses. The candidate must demonstrate expertise in electronic document management technologies and methods deployed in a complex technical environment. This individual will work closely with Engineering, Product Lines, Digital Technologies, Project Managers, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning, Project Controls, and Operations.

Principal accountabilities

• Be the subject matter expert in Enterprise Document Management (EDMS) solutions and methods.
• Maintain and promote a holistic perspective on EDMS capabilities and its functional role in the business.
• Meet routinely with other subject-matter experts to ensure business needs are prioritized and addressed.
• Develop strong relationships with business leads, document control managers, and DT leads to coordinate OpenText functional improvements.
• Identify and resolve gaps in current EDMS capabilities.
• Work with global document control teams to assess and communicate needs.
• Be the escalation manager for critical business issues related to EDMS applications.
• Review and address backlog issues.
• Prepare an EDMS enhancement list for budget planning and project approval.
• Present progress and status to management teams. Critical competencies
  • Well-organized and detail-oriented; Ability to handle a rapidly growing business environment.
  • Uses resources available to seek additional help when needed to solve issues expeditiously.
  • Excellent communication skills (written and verbal.)
  • Strong facilitative skills, including presenting to cross cultures and geographies.
  • Experience articulating business requirements and documenting technical solutions.
  • Ability to critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources and reconcile conflicts.
  • Proficient using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio
  • Understanding of detailed engineering document control processes.
  • Keeps pace with industry trends and best practices. Preferred qualifications
    • Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience.
    • 10+ years of relevant professional experience (minimum).
    • Certification in Document Management
    • Experience handling and using OpenText, Documentum, or other enterprise-level document management systems.
    • Working experience in an engineering or manufacturing organization. We are the world's largest hydrogen producer with over 80 years of industrial gas experience. We are hydrogen experts delivering safe, end-to-end solutions, investing in real, clean energy projects at scale, and driving the industry forward to generate a cleaner future.
      
      At Air Products, we work in an environment where we put safety first, diversity is essential, inclusion is our culture, and each person knows they belong and matter. To learn more, visit About Air Products.
      
      We offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid holidays and vacation, affordable medical, dental, life insurance and retirement plans. You will be eligible for benefits and also be 100% vested in your retirement benefits on your first day of employment!
      
      We are an Equal Opportunity Employer (U.S.). You will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, citizenship, gender, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, or veteran status.
      

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